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betide, v. happen, Archaic, hap, occur, take place, supervene, befall, chance, Archaic, bechance, Archaic. arrive; transpire, intervene, crop up; become, come into being, come about, come to pass, fall, materialize; prove, eventuate, result, turn out; ensue, issue, emanate, flow out, arise.

betoken, v. 1. indicate, show, signify, import, point to, denote. See - bespeak {def 2).
2. portend, bode, forebode, promise, indicate, Archaic. bespeak, foreshadow, foretoken, foreshow, presage, augur; foretell, predict, forecast, prognosticate, prophesy.

betray, v. 1. inform against, SI. blow the whistle on, Si. rat on; knife or stab in the back, Si. do [s.o.] dirt; play Judas, give the Judas kiss to, Inf. sell out, deliver up, Inf. sell [s.o.] down the river; Inf. double cross, SI. two-time; break faith with, let down, disappoint, break one's promise.
2. reveal, divulge, let the cat out of the bag, give away, blab, blurt out, let slip, disclose, Archaic. discover; violate a confidence, reveal the secrets of, whisper about; exhibit, display, vent, show, manifest, evince; unmask, uncover, unfold, bare, expose, bring to light, lay bare.
3. mislead, delude, dupe, fool, befool; hoodwink, bamboozle, humbug, take in, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; deceive, beguile, cheat, gull, cozen, outwit, circumvent; trap, ensnare.
4. {all usu. in reference to sexual relations) seduce, lead astray, entice, lure, trick; corrupt, pervert, debauch; violate, Euph. take advantage of, Euph. have one's way with, ravish, deflower, Obs. devirgin-ate, Obs. constuprate, Obs. stuprate; defile, molest, outrage, desecrate.
5. abandon, walk out on, forsake, desert; leave behind, throw over, jilt, run out on, Inf. leave flat, turn one's back on, SI. give the deep six; ignore, cut off, neglect, ostracize; leave, depart, quit, go away from, vacate.

betrayal, n. 1. breach of faith, bad faith, disloyalty, perfidy, faithlessness, treachery; double-dealing, duplicity, falseness, chicanery; Inf. double crossing, subversion, undermining, corruption; Inf. double cross, Judas kiss; sedition, treason, mutiny, revolt, rebellion, revolution, insurrection.
2. revealing, divulging, blurting out, disclosing; giveaway, slip.

betrayer, n. traitor, renegade, apostate, recreant; conspirator, plotter, complotter, Catilinarian; Judas, false friend.

betroth, v. engage, affiance, plight, plight one's troth, espouse, bind, give one's hand, bestow one's hand upon, publish the banns, Archaic, handfast, Obs. affy; contract, covenant, settle, establish, make or strike a bargain, come to terms; agree, enter into, go in for.

betrothal, n. engagement, espousal, plighting, be-trothment, sponsalia; vow, marriage compact, subar-rhation, Archaic, affiance, Archaic, handfast; contract, compact, covenant, pact, settlement, agreement, understanding.

better, adj. 1. superior, of a higher grade, preferable, more desirable, more acceptable; excelling, surpassing, exceeding, transcendent.
-v. 2. improve, make better, amend, ameliorate, meliorate; advance, promote, raise, elevate; straighten out, reform, revise, rectify, redress, correct, put or set straight or right; repair, fix, remedy, cure, mend, heal, doctor, minister; relieve, ease, mitigate, lessen, assuage, alleviate.